Community Resiliency & Recovery refers to a community’s potential to withstand, adapt to, and recover from adversity such as a terrorist attack or natural disaster.
Prepared communities help prevent or minimize the loss or damage to life, property, and the environment. The challenge has been to identify the priorities and resources needed to return citizens to their homes, reopen businesses, and restore other essential services needed for a full and timely recovery.
The Bay Area UASI has been instrumental in using a “whole community” approach to enhance resiliency and recovery capabilities. By developing public/private partnerships and alliances, toolkits and templates for emergency management officials, and conducting trainings and exercises, the program has increased the region’s ability to manage adversity.
For more information regarding this working group, please contact the project manager using the link above.
In 2020, the Bay Area UASI funded a Regional Analysis of Disaster Service Worker (DSW) Programs to achieve a regional understanding of the Bay Area’s local DSW programs, including strengths and challenges. Products developed through this project are available for download and customization from...
In the event of a Bay Area catastrophe, survivors will need to eat. Widespread failure of the electrical grid, disruption of transportation networks, reduced availability of fuel and other challenges will complicate, delay, and potentially diminish preexisting flows of groceries into the Bay...
These resources were developed with guidance by the UASI Critical Transportation subcommittee to the Emergency Management Work Group.
Bay Area UASI Access and Functional Needs Planning
The following tools and resources were developed as part of this project:
• Access and Functional Needs Plan Review Assessment Tool
• Website ADA Compliance Review and Improvement Tool
• AFN Recovery...
The Bay Area Care and Shelter Planning Toolkit has been revised and updated as of January 2023 to incorporate pandemic related considerations such as physical distancing, personal...
Threats to government operations exist in all varieties with a single common denominator: the interruption of one or more critical government functions that are vital to the health, safety or welfare of the public. The County/City is susceptible to a variety of other natural and human-caused...
In 2014, the Bay Area Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) planning team responded to a request from Bay Area Region emergency managers for assistance in planning for waivers – adjustments and temporary set‐asides – to existing permits and regulations that may inhibit or detrimentally affect...
The Regional Emergency Coordination Plan (RECP) provides an all-hazards framework for collaboration among responsible entities and coordination during emergencies in the San Francisco Bay Area. The RECP defines procedures for regional coordination, collaboration, decision-making, and resource...
This document is a template for the purpose of assisting local governments to develop their own Disaster Recovery Framework (DRF) and Recovery Support Function (RSF) Guide. This template represents the beginning of a planning process in the development of the...
In accordance with FEMA’s “Whole Community” approach to crisis response and community and economic recovery, the Offices of Emergency Services (OES) in the counties and core cities of the San Francisco Bay Area, recognize the need for communication, coordination and cooperation among all...